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“…This interdisciplinary curriculum engages students in diverse topics in the disciplines of visual art, performing arts, history, and language arts. A variety of visual, musical, kinesthetic, and linguistic activities address the multiple ways in which students learn and provide new lenses for exploring historical events, mythological stories, and artistic traditions.” …

Google Plus is the latest social networking to hit the mainstream. Oh, it is in beta and invite only, but there are are over 15 million users and growing everyday. It combines many of the same capabilities as current existing social networking tools, like Twitter and Facebook, but also provides for ease of management in terms of what you, and with whom you, share. Need an invite?

That thing above the coin in the picture above is a computer. It has USB connections on either side and could fit in your pocket. This is a prototype being developed by David Braben, and computer software game developer, and someone who would like to see more technology in schools and students with more skills in computer science than just word processing and presentation creation skills.